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DENTAL GOLD PELLET PACKAGE.

No. 376,889. Patented Jan. 24, v1888;`

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PATENT ,Ori-icing DENTAL GOLD-PELLET PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,889, dated January 24, 1888.

l lApplication tiled J anunryf, lS. Serial No. 187,928. (No model.) l

'To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, EDWARD G. KEARsINe, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spring Valley, in the county of Rockland and State of New York, have invented new and usel ful Improvements in Methods of Preparing Gold Pellets, Ste., of which the following is a specification. y

My invention relates to an improved method and in an improved package for the gold pellets, the said method consisting in first deposmore fully pointed out in the following speci` iication and claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the package. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the transferring-pan. l Similar lettersindicatecorresponding parts. In the manufacture of gold pellets for dental use, a flat sheet of gold of the proper thickness is formed by arranging the required number of sheets of gold-foil in layersfone on the top of another, or by'other well-known methods, and the sheet thus formed is cut into square or rectangular blocks or pellets upon a cutting-base of wood or cork, in such a manner that after cutting the pellets still lie in a sheet.

As ordinarily prepared for transportation,

the pellets are thrown from the cut-tiug-block in a mass, and then indiscriminately packed in comparatively deep boxes.` Since these ,that the gold pellets agglomerate, or if this does not occur the exterior of each pellet is 5o compressed to ahard crust with the consequent deterioration. In order to avoid these annoyof preparing gold pellets for transportation,l

ing features, I proceed as follows iu pack-ing pellets for transportationz` l A transferring pan, A, Fig. 2, having a depthl correspondingv to lthe thickness ofthe gold pellets', is placed over the sheet of gold on the Ycutting-block, subsequent to the cutting-of the former into pellets, so that the said pellets fill out lthe interior of the pan, and the sides or flanges of the pan rest on vthe cutting-block. 6c The pan and block are then held firmly to-V gether and reversed-*that is, to say, turned upside downso that the gold pellets are deposited into the transferring-pan and rest upon the bottom of thesame, bottom upward, with- 6,5 out ldisturbing their relative position rtoward each other. `With the aid of this transferringpan the sheet of gold pellets is then deposited into a flat-bottomed box, B, Fig. 1, of a proper size to receive the transferring-pan. To accom- 7o' plish this the boxis held with its bottom upr and placed over the transferring-pan. The box and pan are vthen held rmlytogetherand turned upside d0wn,whereby the sheet of gold pellets is deposited into the box in precisely l the same condition as when it was onv the cutting-block, and withv the ksame face upward. In the operation of cutting the sheet into pellets, the lines along which the sheet is severedy are wider on the face of the sheet than at 'the' 8o j bottom. `In fact the bottom of the sheet presents to the eye anunbroken surface,and therefore, to prevent the pellets from crowding, itis necessary that the sheet shall lie in the box with the same face upwardl as when on the 85 Vcutting-block.

The box shown in 1 has two(v compartments, bvb', separated by a partition,-c, each compartment having 4a cover, C, arrangedto swing in oppositedirections. .Tosecurely 9o tecting -sheet of silk is spread overl the tops f thereof, and a layer of Vcotton y may be plac'ed over the silk, if desired. The top and bottom of the box are covered with paper or other -material tofsecure the covers C in their closed C positions, andthe box can` subsequently be IcoA opened by cutting the paper between the adjoining edges of the covers. The box is'of such a depth that when the covers are closed they bear lightly upon the protecting-sheets, whereby the sheet of pellets is retained in position and cannot be disturbed. It will be observed that the pellets will fill out the box with the exception of the small space which was occupied by the sides or ilanges of the pan, and therefore the blocks cannot be scattered. The protecting-sheets may be secured directly to the bottom ofthe box and to the covers instead of being placed loosely in the box.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Apackage of rectangular gold pellets packed `prevent impact or free movement of the pellets, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two sub- 4scribing Witnesses.

EDWARD G. KEARSING. [L 5.]

Witnesses: I

W. HAUFF, A. FABER DU FAUR, J r. 

